Waterford News

Contractors are on the roof and digging into the walls of the New London Police Department this month to install wiring and antennas as part of a $2.38 million investment in a radio communication system overhaul.

Taxpayers in the Poquonnock Bridge Fire District have assembled a slate of candidates to try to oust six members of the current board of directors.

Henry Gardiner III, whose ancestors were Puritans who settled in Waterford before the United States was even a country, was a taciturn Yankee who quietly helped his community throughout his entire life, donating time, money and land.

Waterford and many other towns are looking for a few good men and women interested in fighting fires.

Only the finishing touches remain - painting, paving and putting up fencing, Andrew R. Ingram, an engineer of structures for Amtrak, said Tuesday.

The state Department of Transportation announced today that it will perform routine maintenance on the highway bridge between Waterford and East Lyme starting 8 p.m. May 15 through 4 a.m. the following day.

Erick J. "Jay" Torres, arrested during last month's major drug sweep, was licensed by the state of Indiana to run an automobile auction company named "A Greater Way," but authorities say it was just a front for his drug-dealing business.

The Recreation and Parks Commission will give away 40 new bike helmets on Saturday as part of its Helmet Rodeo.

Connecticut's nuclear plant has asked federal regulators for permission to use water that's warmer than what forced it to shut last summer.

City firefighters rescued two people from a burning house at 23 Moore Ave. early today and brought the two-alarm fire under control before it could spread to nearby buildings.

A Massachusetts woman who failed to appear in New London Superior Court on manslaughter charges last fall because she was incarcerated in her home state on methamphetamine trafficking charges has been returned to Connecticut.

The MxCC Veterans' Club, for the past three semesters, have been having hot dog sale fundraisers on campus to raise money so they could sponsor a Memorial Tree for one of the 64 men and women who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting the war on terror.

Barbara Yates of New London pauses to enjoy the warmth of the sun Tuesday by the field of blooming daffodils at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford.

Pointing to a faded, torn picture of her father on the steps of Cohanzie Elementary School in the late 1920s, Kathleen Reagan addressed a group of people on Tuesday that she hopes will help save the school from eventual demolition.

After three years of small-steps planning and abbreviated events calendars, the "Bring Our Music Back - Summer Nights at Harkness" concert series has announced a wildly diverse and expanded 2013 season.

Alice Mabry and Bryan Fowler head to their Thames Street home Monday after stopping to talk to neighbor Janet Coburn, at rear, now talking to customers Robert Kent and Bill Martin at her Mud Turtle Cafe.

John S. Ray, 53, of 100 Burgess Place, Groton, was charged Saturday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

Through continued indecision the Obama administration is making the decision to permanently store highly radioactive nuclear waste not at one or two strategically located sites, as would make sense, but at more than 100 nuclear plant locations across the country.

Shannon Mack of Waterford, a member of the Rotten Groton Hash House Harriers running club, passes through the last obstacle while participating in the Gettin' Muddy for Kids Mud Run at Fields of Fire Paintball Park in Mystic Saturday, April 27, 2013.

The Mashantucket Tribe today welcomed a sergeant and two officers to its police force and promoted another in ceremonies at the tribe's public safety complex.